Template:Do/Doc

Summary

This template repeats something an inputted number of times.

Parameters

Do

Parameter	Scope	Description
1	required	The number of times to "do". Supports numbers up to 255.
2	optional	What to repeat (default: 1). Note that this template can only produce strings of length up to 500. To increase the repetitions or string length to a combined length over 500, use #replace or #explodeargs as below.

Usage

To repeat a character a specified number of times, use this:

{{Do|[#]|[A]}}

[#]	Number of times to repeat
[A]	The character to repeat

Using:

• [#] as 3
• [A] as 0

000

To surpass aforementioned limitations, use code that looks like this:

{{#replace:{{Do|[#]}}|1|[A]}}

[#]	Number of times to repeat
[A]	What to repeat

Using:

• [#] as 4
• [A] as [[File:BL-icon-Gold.png|22px]]

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To call a template a specified number of times, use code that looks like this:

{{#explodeargs:{{#replace:{{Do|[#]|,}}|,|[A]}}|1|[B]|[C]}}

or, if the template has no parameters or only fixed parameters,

{{#replace:{{Do|[#]}}|1|{{[B]|[A]}}}}

[#]	Number of times to repeat
[A]	What to pass as the unnamed (numbered) parameters into the template, with a comma , appended at the end. For multiple parameters, separate each with a comma , and ensure that the total number of commas is equal to [C].
[B]	What template to call
[C]	Number of parameters

Using:

• [#] as 7
• [A] as Yes!,
• [B] as Tick
• [C] as 1

Yes!Yes!Yes!Yes!Yes!Yes!Yes!